Ion Energy Storage for Post-Flare Loops
Abstract
Low-energy non-thermal protons may have long lifetimes in coronal loops with low density and high temperature. If energy were stored in such protons in the initial phases of a solar flare, it could be released slowly during the later phases. Within the present observational limits for post-flare loops, this mechanism should be considered in addition to a field-line reconnection theory of the Kopp and Pneuman type. The thin-target gamma ray emission from the trapped protons is below present limits, but more sensitive observations can test the hypothesis.
- Publication:
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19th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC19), Volume 4
- Pub Date:
- August 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ICRC....4...58H
- Keywords:
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- Coronal Loops;
- Energy Storage;
- Ions;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Protons;
- Gamma Rays;
- High Temperature;
- Trapped Particles;
- Solar Physics